2014-2015 University of Maryland Application Thread

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19.) Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine.
20.) Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service.
21.) What does it mean to you to enter into a profession?

Good luck to everyone applying!

 

[Optimus-Prime]

Lets GOOOO!

 

[Optimus-Prime]

lol. Are you a terp?

Just a fan, you??

 

[kthxbai]

I'm a terp and this is my top choice. Nothing's better than a great quality education at an in-state price

 

[TheCheerDoc]

Hoping for some OOS love! I feel like I really identify with their mission!

 

[TBV]

Good luck guys I'm in for this year but it's a long process with maryland. Stick with it!

 

[kjw1024]

I'm applying here as well, IS. Good luck everyone!

 

[EMLove]

Looking at secondary prompts from last year... " Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine"


What do I do if this was the focus of my personal statement? Acknowledge that it was the focus of my PS and then talk about another experience that was important to me?

Advice welcome!! Thanks!

 

[kthxbai]

Looking at secondary prompts from last year... " Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine"

What do I do if this was the focus of my personal statement? Acknowledge that it was the focus of my PS and then talk about another experience that was important to me?

Advice welcome!! Thanks!

I would look at this experience from a different angle. Have you learned something in addition to what you've mentioned in your PS? Try to refocus your answer, but don't be afraid to rehash themes from your PS too. I highly doubt you'd be penalized in any way if you have to discuss the same experience twice (but from a different perspective).

 

[EMLove]

I would look at this experience from a different angle. Have you learned something in addition to what you've mentioned in your PS? Try to refocus your answer, but don't be afraid to rehash themes from your PS too. I highly doubt you'd be penalized in any way if you have to discuss the same experience twice (but from a different perspective).

Thanks! That helps. I'm considering a 'going back to where it all began' approach...I'm just going to write both and have some people read them haha. What a long process overall!

 

[yorkielover2014]

Applying OOS but will be living in MD for a year. What's their history with OOS applicants who plan to stay in the DMV area?

 

[gold_ha]

so no on knows the secondaries yet?

 

[yorkielover2014]

These were last year's:
Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine.
Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service.

What does it mean to enter into a profession?

 

[ThisCouldBeYou]

This may seem like an obvious question, but does this sound okay: if the clinical medicine experience came about because it involved helping an ill family member? It wasn't like I was in a hospital or EMT. Or should I focus on a time when I was at a hospital and shadowed doctors?

 

[TBV]

Looking at secondary prompts from last year... " Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine"

What do I do if this was the focus of my personal statement? Acknowledge that it was the focus of my PS and then talk about another experience that was important to me?

Advice welcome!! Thanks!

Well when I wrote my personal statement I really wanted to make sure they knew exactly why I wanted to be a doctor. When I wrote about my most important exposure to clinical medicine I spoke more on how my clinical experiences reinforced my commitment to medicine. What I had learned and how it has helped to make me a better person/ future doc. And it worked pretty good for me! good luck!

 

[Terps1011]

UMD is my number 1 choice! I have my fingers crossed!!!

 

[+IU+]

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[puppies4ever]

Anyone get a secondary yet?

 

[puppies4ever]

Am I likely to be interviewed? Deciding whether or not to submit secondary!
IS
32 (14/6/12) ESL
cGPA 3.75 (sGPA 3.55)
Grad GPA 3.4 & Thesis
1000+ hour volunteering
2 year tutor/1 year O-chem workshop leader/1 year O-chem research
75 hour shadowing

**Thank you~**

the only thing that stands out to me as a possible factor that would keep you from an interview is your verbal subscore. I think most schools are looking for minimum 8 with your science scores.

 

[kthxbai]

Am I likely to be interviewed? Deciding whether or not to submit secondary!
IS
32 (14/6/12) ESL
cGPA 3.75 (sGPA 3.55)
Grad GPA 3.4 & Thesis
1000+ hour volunteering
2 year tutor/1 year O-chem workshop leader/1 year O-chem research
75 hour shadowing

**Thank you~**

There are plenty of people who score well on VR despite their ESL status, so I'm not sure adcoms will be too understanding of the 6.

At any rate, if you don't get into your IS institution, I don't see you being particularly successful anywhere else. I think a retake is in order, but that's just my opinion.

P.S
I got an 11 on VR and English is my third language (first learned it in eighth grade too). There are ways around this section, so PM me for help.

 

[yorkielover2014]

any secondaries?!?!?!

Anyone get a secondary yet?

 

[puppies4ever]

any secondaries?!?!?!

I was looking at last year's thread and they didnt get secondaries until july 15th it looks like. But i havent gotten any tupe of email or anything from umd. Is this the same for everyone else?

 

[Terps1011]

I was looking at last year's thread and they didnt get secondaries until july 15th it looks like. But i havent gotten any tupe of email or anything from umd. Is this the same for everyone else?

Haven't received it yet either. They're probably waiting a bit longer

 

[banksgk]

I received the secondary earlier today, same prompts as last year.

19.) Briefly describe your most important exposure to clinical medicine.
20.) Briefly describe your most satisfying experience related to community service.
21.) What does it mean to you to enter into a profession?

 

[EMLove]

I received the secondary today.

How are people approaching the question "What does it mean to you to enter into a profession?" Seems a little out there to me...

 

[cosmicowl]

What are the character limits on these please?

Also any suggestions on what to do if your most satisfying experience related to community service is your most important exposure to clinical medicine as well? I don't really have another significant exposure in either category so I think I need to repeat but is there a classy way to do this?

 

[EMLove]

What are the character limits on these please?

Also any suggestions on what to do if your most satisfying experience related to community service is your most important exposure to clinical medicine as well? I don't really have another significant exposure in either category so I think I need to repeat but is there a classy way to do this?

I think you could talk about the same experience for both, but like others have said above - try discussing them from different angles. I think you could talk about what you learned clinically, what will help you as a doctor for the clinical exposure question, and then for the comm service question maybe talk more about emotions and how you felt working with patients, why it was important to you. Just suggestions!

 

[banksgk]

What are the character limits on these please?

Also any suggestions on what to do if your most satisfying experience related to community service is your most important exposure to clinical medicine as well? I don't really have another significant exposure in either category so I think I need to repeat but is there a classy way to do this?

1500 characters (including spaces) on all essays!

 

[TBV]

Am I likely to be interviewed? Deciding whether or not to submit secondary!
IS
32 (14/6/12) ESL
cGPA 3.75 (sGPA 3.55)
Grad GPA 3.4 & Thesis
1000+ hour volunteering
2 year tutor/1 year O-chem workshop leader/1 year O-chem research
75 hour shadowing

**Thank you~**

Yeah the Verbal is killing you in my opinion but as a grad student you may spark their interest. If you can retake the MCAT I would but other wise id send in the secondary anyways. It's not much money compared to the expense of med school. But I got interviewed in mid Feb and got off the waitlist and I was 12-9-12 (33) and 3.88 and IS just as a measuring stick for what it's worth.

 

[quiethours]

Does anyone know if there's a limit to the number of letters we can submit? I can see that 3 is required, but I can't find information about a maximum. Thanks!

 

[BMC11]

Does anyone know if there's a limit to the number of letters we can submit? I can see that 3 is required, but I can't find information about a maximum. Thanks!

Are you submitting a letter packet? If so, you can have as many letters as you want (within reason) as long as they are part of the packet. If they don't want to read all of them, they won't.

 

[tuftofwool]

Anyone get secondaries yet? IS here, lower stats but non-traditional. Verified a week ago and received a large chunk of secondaries for a few days and now, nothin! Haha.

 

[MysteryF]

I got verified on the july 9th and got secondary only July 10th, IS. I am not sure how this whole thing works but I'm sure you'll receive one soon enough.

 

[tuftofwool]

I got verified on the july 9th and got secondary only July 10th, IS. I am not sure how this whole thing works but I'm sure you'll receive one soon enough.

Thanks for your reply! Hm well I'll give them a couple of days. Then I may call and ask admissions just to make sure..

 

[rhythmisadancer]

Received secondary (OOS).

 

[puppies4ever]

Anyone get secondaries yet? IS here, lower stats but non-traditional. Verified a week ago and received a large chunk of secondaries for a few days and now, nothin! Haha.

I got verified on June 30th, IS, non-trad also (postbac), and have still not received one. Getting very nervous but making myself wait a bit before I call or anything. Maryland does not prescreen so not sure why it's taking so long

 

[puppies4ever]

Should I call the school if I was verified on June 30th but still have not gotten secondary? I see some people were verified July 9th and already got the secondary.

 

[tuftofwool]

I couldn't help it, I called 🙂. They said they are still downloading them from AMCAS and should receive them very soon. Good luck all!

 

[LilEngineThatCould]

I couldn't help it, I called 🙂. They said they are still downloading them from AMCAS and should receive them very soon. Good luck all!

Thanks. I was getting a little scared there lol

 

[puppies4ever]

I couldn't help it, I called 🙂. They said they are still downloading them from AMCAS and should receive them very soon. Good luck all!

Yes thanks for calling!

 

[yorkielover2014]

For the letters, should we indicate a letter writer if we don't know who they are yet? I am doing a masters and they are providing a faculty letter of rec but I haven't even met them yet. I also don't want them to hold my application because of that but I'm not sure how important the grad letter is.

 

[tuftofwool]

For the letters, should we indicate a letter writer if we don't know who they are yet? I am doing a masters and they are providing a faculty letter of rec but I haven't even met them yet. I also don't want them to hold my application because of that but I'm not sure how important the grad letter is.

I'm also doing a masters that provides a LOR at the end of my fall semester. Is that what you mean? In that case, I don't think I'd put it on there because my program said they will forward my grades and pretty much update the schools, not really submit a form LOR. Unless I'm mistaken...

 

[yorkielover2014]

I'm also doing a masters that provides a LOR at the end of my fall semester. Is that what you mean? In that case, I don't think I'd put it on there because my program said they will forward my grades and pretty much update the schools, not really submit a form LOR. Unless I'm mistaken...

my school is submitting a LOR for sure as well as updates as we finish our courses.

 

[starlight15]

Hi everyone, I applied to UMD last year and almost ended up matriculating. If anyone has questions about the app process, feel free to ask. Hopefully some current students will show up and answer questions about the school! Good luck to everyone applying!

 

[TBV]

Yeah I am going to be a first year at UMD this summer. If you guys have questions about the process or interviews or anything feel free to shoot me a message

 

[Surgeon's Cuffs]

Does anyone know about the MD/MS degree? Im interested in doing it for Bioengineering or Clinical Research. If you apply to the MD/MS and don't get in do they still consider you for the MD, or do you just change over to the MS/MD when you get in?

 

[quiethours]

Are you submitting a letter packet? If so, you can have as many letters as you want (within reason) as long as they are part of the packet. If they don't want to read all of them, they won't.

I'm submitting individual letters, so I don't know if I can submit more than 3. Did anyone submit more than 3 letters?

 

[Mayday_]

Secondary received today! OOS applicant

 

[starlight15]

I'm submitting individual letters, so I don't know if I can submit more than 3. Did anyone submit more than 3 letters?

I submitted more than 3 individual letters last year.

 

[tuftofwool]

Secondary came 🙂